The University of Oregon had two great developments on Monday, as the Ducks signed Head Coach Mark Helfrich to a 5-year, $17.5 million contract and landed Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams for the fall.

The evening was an emotional event for the Ducks team. Teammate Lauren Jones died suddenly of Meningococemia last Tuesday. The Ducks wore warmup jerseys with Jones’s number 51 in her honor before the meet began.

By Thursday, Marcus Mariota will have to decide if he's going to forgo his senior year and declare his eligibility for the NFL draft. He left the door slightly open for a return to Eugene following the loss to the Buckeyes.

Ohio State and Oregon will meet in a game that has never been played for a trophy that has never been raised. The winner Monday night in North Texas can be called the truest champion in the history of major college football.

The College Football Playoff National Championship Game is just a few days away. For people who aren't going to Texas to watch it in person, there are many options in the Portland area to watch with other fans. We've selected five great places to eat, drink, and cheer on the Ducks or the Bucks.

In the days leading up to the Rose Bowl, Oregon sent customized football jerseys to some of its famous fans, including guitarist Tommy Thayer of Kiss, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and retired boxer Lennox Lewis. The jerseys were part of a social media campaign to draw non-football fans to the Ducks

While quarterback Marcus Mariota is the unquestioned leader of the team, Hroniss Grasu is its anchor. Both players decided last year at about this time that they would return for another season at Oregon.

Several Oregon players are facing team discipline after celebrating their Rose Bowl win Thursday night by mocking Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston and allegations of sexual assault that have followed the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner the past two years.

Marcus Mariota and Oregon turned an avalanche of Florida State mistakes into a mountain of points and the Ducks rolled past the defending national champions 59-20 Thursday to turn the first College Football Playoff semifinal into a Rose Bowl rout.